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Manjusri Bodhisattva and the Eight Seed Syllables

Ink and color on silk

八字文殊菩薩及八大童子像

日本

八字文殊像為息災、調伏等所修的八字文殊法之主尊,髮結八髻,並以八字真言表現,故稱之。此像造型有別於一般常見的騎獅文殊圖,故顯得珍貴。一九四○年指定為日本重要文化財。
 圖中八字文殊結跏趺坐於圓相中的六角形蓮花座上,右手握劍,左手持長莖蓮花,上置梵篋。菩薩頭光中描繪五個小圓相,大圓相周緣左右亦各有五個小圓相,分別書寫文殊種子梵字及金胎兩部之五佛種子梵字。
 蓮座兩側各有四位童子隨侍,身軀比例較小,手中分別持弓箭、長莖蓮花、三叉戟、輪寶、華盤、孔雀尾翎、三股杵、●(上四+下絹)索及寶劍等物,描繪細緻。畫面上方左右二隅分別繪月輪和日輪,輪內各描繪佛眼佛母和一字金輪,以具特色之圖樣而受矚目。人物面相渾圓,身形豐腴,神態沉靜。描線工整,用筆細勁流利,色調明快,活潑生動,堪稱為佳作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 514.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Manjusri Bodhisattva and the Eight Seed Syllables." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 514.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Manjusri Bodhisattva and the Eight Seed Syllables" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:514.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Manjusri Bodhisattva and the Eight Seed Syllables. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 514).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 514,
title = {{Manjusri Bodhisattva and the Eight Seed Syllables}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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